Today we tackled the task of taking all the other WOW jots we had in our book and categorizing them into groups based on our essential questions. Students met with their partner (who is also researching the same country) and went through all their notes, talking about which essential question their notes could support.

This was a great chance for collaboration and discussion!

We have one blank box, so any "oddballs" went there. We will use those oddball notes to see if we can create another essential question (as we have yet to have a question on history or religion).

Some groups realized they didn't have many notes...

Others realized they might have gone a bit overboard...

Lastly, some had a good balance.

We'll spend a few more lessons on preparing our notes, determining importance, consolidating, and then preparing a persuasive speech! Thanks for stopping by-